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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
I agree with you on this to a limited degree. We have been paying around $10 000 for high end 35mm digital cameras for ages. They started out at 1.4 megapixel and are now up to 21 megapixel but the price has stayed the same. I think e ink devices may follow this trend but not to the same degree as after all how far is there to go with a book reader.
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Good observations. I believe manufacturers will not keep readers to be dedicated as such. The Kindle's other functions might be an indicator. Connectivity, browsing, newspapers and magazines are that step but a device that can do those is not far away from doing animation; and then colo(u)r is the next step. The reader will evolve and take place of the overpriced UMPC at the same price we pay for today's readers. Then as popularity takes on, the flexible eink devices will arrive and large scale manufacturing will assure us of cheaper alternatives.
That's all if our oil based marketing structures and lifestyle holds on.
